The cease-fire in eastern Ukraine between Kiev’s forces and the rebels is largely being observed but is still on “thin ice,” a monitor from the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe said Thursday, one month after both sides agreed to the truce. …read more Source: Global...

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank is prepared to tighten capital controls if the foreign exchange market deteriorates, according to the text of a letter of intent from Kiev to the International Monetary Fund released on Thursday. …read more Source: The...

March 12, 2015 10:40 PMLONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will shun Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, a spokesman said on Thursday, citing tensions over President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Thursday Ukraine would launch a drive to privatise many of the country’s 3,300 state-owned enterprises by the end of this year. …read more Source: The...

Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Thursday Kiev expected the first trance of US$5 billion under a new four-year International Monetary Fund programme to be disbursed no later than Friday. …read more Source: Channel...

LONDON (Reuters) – Efforts to restore financial stability in Ukraine face “exceptionally high” risks from further conflict and disgruntled creditors, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Thursday Kiev expected the first trance of $5 billion under a new four-year International Monetary Fund programme to be disbursed no later than Friday. …read more Source: The...

DZHEZKAZGAN: Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut on Thursday returned to Earth aboard a Soyuz space capsule after six months at the International Space Station. Yelena Serova — the first female Russian cosmonaut to have spent time on the ISS — landed along with Alexander Samokutyaev and Barry Wilmore in snowy Kazakhstan just after...